Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? 420 ft Willy Wonka, Helmasaur King, H Farnsworth

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This is a topic to rate the contest strength of potential newcomers in the current contest environment.

I will pick the characters to rate and discuss for each day from user nominations - whoever the 3 most nominated characters are at that time. If there are more than 3 I will pick randomly. You can nominate any number of characters at any time, but you cannot nominate the same character twice.

All characters who were present in the 2018 Character Battle will NOT be eligible. Otherwise you can nominate any character that has appeared in video games; even comic book characters. This will exclude real-life athletes who have only appeared in long running sports series, however I will accept those who have their own games such as Shaq. I will accept nominations for iconic gaming duos too, if there is a compelling reason for both characters to be linked (either co-starring in a game ala Banjo & Kazooie, or always appearing together like Callie & Marie from Splatoon).

Each day will have a separate topic, and nominations will carry over. As far as actually rating the character's contest strength; I ask that users rank a characters potential strength with one of the following qualifiers - LAW Fodder, Low Fodder, Mid Fodder, High Fodder, Fodder Line, Low Midcarder, Midcarder, High Midcarder, Near Elite, Elite, LAW Tier (capable of beating Link). I will average all the ratings given to a character to come up with their final ranking. I have included a highlighted entrant from Character Battle X on each tier of the strength rankings below, to provide a baseline for each.

Note that LAW Fodder is meant to be a tier reserved for the weakest possible characters to put into a contest. A character will only be placed there if at least 3/4ths of the voters for that day agree on the LAW Fodder rating, and no ratings above Low Fodder are given. If either of those conditions are not met, the character will not be eligible for the LAW Fodder tier.

Current Character Strength Rankings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P1AIhHywBiLd6VAMZMNEGX-HW2td8u1D0Iw_tzHsORw/edit?usp=sharing

Nomination List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-KnSBDzppzPK5Ug1zmx8_x0bG4tqFDMPPH2k8J3s8sk/edit?usp=sharing

If you feel that a character has been over or under-ranked, or if a new development has come up that would affect their contest strength, you may nominate them for a re-ranking. You may nominate one character per day for this, and 3 votes are needed to get them on the slate. One character with 3 votes will come up for re-ranking today.

Re-ranking Nomination List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V6dx-tu-FD1rCxbX69eQwEzE7x1F6nNRNFochYHu1dc/edit?usp=sharing

Results from Day 419:

Atem/Yami Yugi (Yugioh) is High Fodder
Red Knight (Castle Crashers) is Low Fodder
Lois Lane (Superman games) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking result:

Garfield (Garfield games) is now Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Willy Wonka (Charlie & the Chocolate Factory)
Helmasaur King (Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)
Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth (Futurama)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Rin Tohsaka (Fate/stay Night)

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Willy Wonka (Charlie & the Chocolate Factory) - low mid-carder
Helmasaur King (Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past) - mid-fodder
Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth (Futurama) - mid-fodder

Who doesn't like Willy Wonka?! Dark horse right there! Helmasaur King's one of the cooler bosses in LttP, but, well, it's a one-time boss that most people haven't even thought about in years. I don't know Futurama very well.

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Honestly I have to go with Low Fodder for all today.

For Willy Wonka, the issue is that the popular Gene Wilder version of the character never actually appeared in a game. Most likely his match pic will feature the Johnny Depp version of the character who did appear in a game, and I believe people were neutral on that Wonka at best.

Helmasaur King might be a somewhat memorable boss but it doesn't stand out design-wise, and has no role in the game besides the boss battle.

Bad News Everyone! Farnsworth doesn't get the character focus that Fry, Leela and Bender receive in Futurama, and isn't a really a fan favorite like Zap Brannigan.

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I think I'll agree with halfsilver.

Willy Wonka is a weird entrant due to him being so isolated from gaming or other gamefaqs-esque nerd interests and having no current relevance yet certainly having some childhood nostalgia attached - but if his movie wasn't one of someone's favorites back in the day, it's difficult to see him having much pull.

poor farnsworth.
absolute top ranking character in do you like this character but would be worthless in a contest


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I'll also agree with halfsilver (if random CT bosses can't break Low Fodder, neither can random LttP bosses), and add that even if Wonka got the Gene Wilder version in a match pic, we'd be talking about a 70s movie which wasn't even a big hit in its time. That's not a recipe for GameFAQs strength no matter how well-liked the character in question is.

As for Rin, since no one else addressed her, I'll just condense my reasoning from way back when: bottom line, her source material is just too obscure on this site - even if she does have waifu appeal for days, she lacks a reason for voters to care about that.

Also, rerank Captain Marvel, I guess.

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yeah forgot the re-ranking - I say Low Fodder for Rin. The original Fate/Stay Night is a bit obscure and Rin isn't that prominent outside of it.

Day 421 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78899127

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